Retired Supreme Court judge Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai has taken charge as the new Chairperson of the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity. She assumed office on December 1, 2014 and succeeds Justice K Vinayagam..Justice Desai, who graduated in law from the Government Law College, Bombay in 1973 started her legal practice the same year. As a lawyer, she served as Government pleader and Special Public Prosecutor before she was appointed as a judge of the Bombay High Court in 1996. She was elevated to the Supreme Court in 2011..She was only the fifth woman judge in the history of the Supreme Court. At the Supreme, Court she had a relatively short tenure lasting just over three years before retiring on October 29 this year..Image Courtesy:.Website of Supreme Court of India
Retired Supreme Court judge Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai has taken charge as the new Chairperson of the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity. She assumed office on December 1, 2014 and succeeds Justice K Vinayagam..Justice Desai, who graduated in law from the Government Law College, Bombay in 1973 started her legal practice the same year. As a lawyer, she served as Government pleader and Special Public Prosecutor before she was appointed as a judge of the Bombay High Court in 1996. She was elevated to the Supreme Court in 2011..She was only the fifth woman judge in the history of the Supreme Court. At the Supreme, Court she had a relatively short tenure lasting just over three years before retiring on October 29 this year..Image Courtesy:.Website of Supreme Court of India